The Last Leaf

The Last Leaf 1959

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0h 10min Director: Gemma Firsova

Drama

A film adaptation of a short story by O. Henry. In a small neighborhood in Greenwich Village, two young artists, Sue and Johnsy, live in a three-story building. Johnsy has contracted pneumonia and is on the verge of death. Outside her window, leaves are falling from the ivy. Johnsy is convinced that as soon as the last leaf falls, she will die. In the same building, on the ground floor, lives the unsuccessful artist Behrman, who year after year dreams of painting a masterpiece but never even attempts to realize his dream. Academic student film work of the Department of Cinematography at Vserossiyskiy gosudarstvyennyy institut kinematografii imyeni S. A. Gerasimova (VGIK).

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Cast

Crew

Director
Gemma Firsova
Cinematography
Robert Ruvinov
Composer
Yuri Matskevich

Details

Release date
Nov 9, 1959
Runtime
10 min
Status
Released
Studios
VGIK
Country
Soviet Union
Language
Russian

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